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09-D: Emergency Equipment and Survival Gear

Knowledge

K1: Emergency Locator Transmitter (ELT) operations, limitations, and testing requirements

  • ELT
    • replacement requirements
      • after expiration of 50% of useful life
      • after activity fror more than 1 cumulative hour
    • sender frequencies
      • 121.5 MHz
      • 243.0 MHz
    • testing during the first 5 minutes after the hour
    • determining inactivity
      • monitor 121.5 before engine shutdown

K2: Fire extinguisher operations and limitations

K3: Emergency equipment and survival gear needed for

K3a: Climate extremes (hot/cold)

K3b: Mountainous terrain

K3c: Overwater operations

K4: When to deploy a ballistic parachute and associated passenger briefings, if equipped

K5: When to activate an emergency auto-land system and brief passengers, if equipped